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A 5 page essay on the world-famous aromatic brew from the coffee bean which includes an analysis of the fluctuating coffee prices of 1997 and the history behind the beverage. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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around 12 feet. The white flower is self-pollinating and its fruit is called a berry. The berry begins to grow while the plant is blossoming and ripens from green to
yellow to red. A coffee plant must be from six to eight years old before it bears a full crop of around 1 and a half pounds of roasted coffee.
Berries, for the most part, are handpicked. Machines which vibrate the beans off the tree are used in some locations. A sluice, that is a running water bath, separates
the sticks, leaves, and bad berries which float to the top while the good berries sink to the bottom. A pulping house is the next locations for the good
berries where machinery removes the pulp. Two beans are contained in each berry. Later the beans acquire their pale yellow color and become hard, but at first the beans
appear bluish-green and soft. (Embassy 33) Next milling machines remove the two skins which surround each bean?the thin, parchment like skin and the second covering called the silver skin. At
a roasting plant, the beans are emptied into chutes leading from an upper to a lower floor. After dust and other materials are removed, the beans go to a blending
machine and are mixed with different types of beans. Then, they go to roaster ovens. (33) Vendors are on their toes due to this years fluctuating coffee prices. For coffee
vendors, the profitability of their companies rests on a number of factors ranging from Latin American politics to the weather. By the close of business in May of this year,
coffee prices had risen to a 20-year high of $2.76 per pound. (Andorka 40) During June and July, they crept slowly back down, but the coffee industry is still scrambling
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